Open Day 2025
We are pleased to announce that our fifth Open Day will take place on the 8th November at the Windsor Baptist Church. It promises to be another day packed with interesting displays about local history, and our members taking questions. We will have a stall, and we welcome back the Friends of the Museum.
We are currently finalising the various displays and mapping where they will go, but you can be certain there will be an interesting spread of local topics covered. Pop back here for more info closer to the event. In the meantime, enjoy some of the photos from our last Open Day.
Open Day 2024
On Saturday, 2nd October, we had our fourth annual Open Day at the Windsor Baptist Church in Windsor.
Opening by The Mayor
We were pleased to welcome the Mayor of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Simon Bond. to open our event. He and his Consort, David Armitage, spent a lot of time with us, looking at the exhibits, and also chatting with visitors.
The Volunteers
We managed to corral most of the volunteers from both the WLHG and the Friends of the Museum to enable us to take a quick photo with the Mayor.
Princess Margaret Rose
Many of our visitors had been pupils at our stand with photos from the Princess Margaret School for Girls that had been located in Windsor. Many of our members are ex-pupils and there was lots of story sharing and renewal of acquaintances going on.
Windsor Central Station
Our three A0 posters recording the history of the famous GWR branch line from Slough to Windsor Central proved popular. There was even a rolling presentation on the big screens dotted about.
Newspapers
A welcome addition was the availability of a variety of old, well-kept newspapers from various momentous occasions. From the HM Queen’s accession to the throne, to the infamous 911, most of the last 75 years major events were covered.
Info Sheets
Short bites of history and maps were printed out and laminated. They were scattered on the various tables in the hall. They proved popular with visitors whilst taking a tea or just a wee rest.
Maps and Blue Plaques
At various places in the hall we had displays of old Windsor maps over the years, and also a Blue Plaques quiz. These really tested the knowledge of our visitors and provided much fun.
Sales Table
The sales table proved popular again. It had a plethora of new and second-hand books at a reasonable price, and also copies of our new publication – Windlesora 38 – and back issues too.
Our Local MP
Jack Rankin , the Conservative MP for Windsor, took time out from his schedule to visit our Open Day. His Facebook page reported: “Fantastic to visit the Windsor Local History exhibition at Windsor Baptist Church at the weekend. Lots of interesting pieces from all aspects of Windsor’s history on display. Great to see it so busy. Well done to all of the volunteers for their work in putting this together.” We appreciated his visit and support.
Friends of the Museum
We were pleased that our chums from the Friends of the Museum were able to attend. Gerald and Len from their committee manned the sales table with a plethora of Museum-related mementos and they had a rolling presentation too.
Windsor Baptist Church
We would like to thank the Revd. Kat Bracewell and her team for hosting us, providing the facilities and manning the tea room.
Set-up
Volunteers were working both on Friday afternoon and early Saturday morning setting up the hall, the exhibits and the sales table.
Windsor Local History Group 